Mackenzie Astin

The allure of acting proved too strong, however, and Astin dropped out of college to resume his career, appearing as Beverly D'Angelo's son in the based-on-fact drama "A Child Lost Forever" (NBC, 1992). He returned to features in the leading role of "Iron Will" (1994), a plucky early 20th Century teenager who enters a dogsled race to rescue his family from financial ruin. He later was featured as the aimless, teenaged father grandson of the overbearing Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) in the uneven "The Evening Star" (1996), a sequel of sorts to James L Brooks' superior "Terms of Endearment" (1984). Astin received some praise for his portrayal of Henry S. Villard, friend and romantic rival... Continue Bio >>